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Survivors of Hurricane Maria and local advocates vented frustration Friday with federal assistance — or lack thereof — for survivors of Hurricane Maria now living in Connecticut and elsewhere in the mainland. The comments came during a press conference by U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris...

It may seem like “the Year of the Outsiders” in the race to occupy the governor’s office. But of the seven major-party candidates still in the running, three are municipal leaders with significant political experience, and two of them — Republicans Tim Herbst and Mark Boughton — tout their hometown...

Connecticut residents are registering to vote at an unprecedented rate in a non-presidential election cycle, indicating increased interest in politics since President Donald Trump won the White House, analysts say. According to data from the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s office, from the...

Three months after Sen. John Fonfara promised to hold a community forum in response to a racial comment he made at the state Capitol, the senator said he is still working to schedule the event. “I still plan to do it. I don’t have it set up yet,” Fonfara said Thursday when asked about the timetable....

Prosecutors have finally delivered all of the evidence state police collected in their investigation to the attorneys for Richard Dabate, accused of murdering his wife in their Ellington home in December 2015, clearing the way for the case to move toward an inevitable trial. Tolland State’s Attorney...

A band is playing a Chuck Jackson song and the 20 people listening in the basement of a North End fraternal lodge remember when neither the song nor themselves were considered old. But they have not come just to listen; already, the special shoes some have worn — blue-sequined slippers, pearlescent...

City council members on Thursday appointed two women from liberal parties to fill vacancies on the panel, returning the council to a full complement. Democratic members tapped Maly Rosado, who is serving her third term on the party’s town committee, to fill the seat vacated by Julio Concepcion....

In the wake of the suicide of a pregnant 16-year-old girl in late June and two suicide attempts in March, for which the Department of Children and Families was sanctioned, DCF Commissioner Joette Katz said late Thursday afternoon that she is ordering an independent review of safety concerns at...

A new study by Yale University researchers found people who drank diet soda after beating colon cancer were less likely to see a recurrence and less likely to die than those who didn’t drink diet soda. Of the 1,018 patients researchers analyzed, those who drank one or more 12-ounce artificially...

They call her Grandma. Noble Oo, 18, his sister Nary Oo, 15, and Paw Say, 15, have known Mary Lou Connors in Avon for more than a decade. She has been a guide for the three children and their parents, and for many others in what can be one of the most difficult journeys someone can make: coming...